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Etymology 1
From Middle Persian (-kʾn' /-(a)gān/). Compare Old Armenian -ական (-akan), an Iranian borrowing.
Suffix
ـگان • (-gân)
- a suffix used to form adjectives and nouns with the meaning of "pertaining to" or "relating to" but many have developed to more specific meanings
- راه (râh, “way”) → رایگان (râygân, “free”, literally “something that can be found on the way”)
- شاه (šâh, “king”) → شایگان (šâygân, “royal, kingly, treasure, valuable thing”)
- ده (deh, “village”) → دهقان (dehqân, “villager, farmer”, literally “pertaining to the village”)
- بازار (bâzâr, “market”) → بازرگان (bâzargân, “merchant, trader”)
- مهر (mehr, “month of Mehr”) → مهرگان (mehrgân, “Mehregan”, a Persian celebration that takes place in the month of Mehr)
- جنوب (jonub, “south”) → جنوبگان (jonubgân, “Antarctica”)
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Etymology 2
Suffix
ـگان • (-gân)
- a suffix forming the plural of animate nouns, with some exceptions; the main form is ـان (an), but it becomes ـگان (-gân) after a silent ه (h), ـیان after و or ا
- پرنده (parande, “bird”) → پرندگان (parandegân, “birds”)
- پله (pelle, “stair”) → پلکان (pellekân, “stairs”)
- نیا (niyâ, “ancestor”) → نیاکان (niyâkân, “ancestors”)